Panel meets on lifting beef import ban

Panel meets on lifting beef import ban

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiro Yoshikawa (L), head of the Food Safety Commission's specialists panel, speaks at the opening of the panel's session, called on Oct. 31 to discuss whether to recommend an end to Japan's two-year-old ban on U.S. and Canadian beef imports.

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